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Conservation Planners Use Benetech's Miradi Software to Help Save Reefs in Guam

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Elaina Todd, an environmental planner who develops social marketing campaigns with the nonprofit conservation group Rare, is profiled in our most recent case study for Benetech’s Miradi software. Miradi, is used by nature conservation practitioners around the world to design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects.

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Connecting with Black History Through Community and Nature

Saleforce Nonprofit

That blog grew into Outdoor Afro , a nationwide leadership network helping Black people engage with the outdoors, learn about the Black history of public spaces, and support conservation efforts. RM: We started with a dozen leaders who responded to the call to join our first Outdoor Afro Leadership Team in 2012.

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Giving Trends in Brazil: How Crowdfunding & Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Nonprofit Sector

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) The Global Trends in Giving Report is meant to help the nonprofit sector better understand individual giving worldwide, but data and statistics don’t communicate well what is happening on the ground in Brazil. Doare was founded in 2012 with a focus on recurring donations.

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The Internet Gets Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GEO’s 2012 National Conference shared a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. In many ways, however, the KONY2012 episode is an old story about the power of social capital and strong narratives.

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A Brief History of Nonprofit Organizations (And What We Can Learn)

NonProfit Hub

Though the idea of helping and giving back to others has existed since Biblical times, nonprofit organizations in the United States have a much shorter history. This took the organization from a private franchise focused on local chapters to one the entire nation—and big donors—could get behind. Go big, or go home.

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I'll Comment for Food Donations, Ten Cents for Woman's Shelter, and Other Interesting Social Media Charity Trends

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mizfit is donating a dime per comment to a local women's shelter. He was able to see the real people helped. No more is it the volumes of people helped, but the real lives changed. This reminds of something that Peter Deitz wrote about over at the Social Actions blog called "How Wil Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?"

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Radical Collaboration is Our Best Chance to Fight Climate Change

Saleforce Nonprofit

Jennifer Morris, CEO of The Nature Conservancy , is a self-described “impatient optimist” who believes in radical collaboration to create tangible results that last. The Cumberland Forest Project protects 253,000 acres of Appalachian forest and is one of The Nature Conservancy’s largest-ever conservation efforts in the eastern United States.